Spike-holder.



W. D. KELLY.

SPIKE HOLDER.

APPLICATION men OCT. 15. 1914.

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WILLIAM D. KELLY, OF JEFFERSON, TEXAS.

SPIKE-HOLDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915.

Application filed October 15, 1914. Serial No. 866,840.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM D. KELLY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jefferson, in the county of Marion and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Spike-Holder, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to improvements in spike holders, oneobject of the present invention, being the provision of means adapted toencircle the body portion of a railroad spike, one upon each side of therail to hold the spikes against spreading relative to each other, suchdevice being further provided with means for entering or engaging thetie to prevent transverse movement thereof.

A further object of the present invention, is the provision of a spikeholder made from a single strand of wire and bent to provide two spikereceiving eyes or loops and two tie engaging prongs, there being furtherprovided two coils about the body of the wire to engage the base of therail and thus prevent the body of the wire therebelow from being abradedand broken.

A still further object of the present invention is the provision of asimple, durable and inexpensive device of this character which isreadily applied when the spikes are being driven to hold the rail inposition upon the tie.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a top plan view of one form of spike holderembodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a side View thereof. Fig. 3is a cross section through a rail and the adjacent portion of the tieshowing the present spike holder in operable relation. Fig. 4 is a topplan view of another construction of spike holder embodying the presentinvention. Fig. 5 is a side view thereof. Fig. 6 is a top plan view ofstill another form of spike holder embodying the present invention. Fig.7 is a side elevation thereof.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the straightconnecting portion of the holder which is provided at the opposite endsthereof with the oppositely disposed spike receiving loops 2 and withthe coiled portions 3 which surround the body portion of the holder, thecoil at the eye portion passing below the body portion and terminatingin the tie engaging or entering prong or point 4..

As shown in Fig. 3, the body portion of the holder is disposed below thebase 5 of the rail 6 so that the coils 3 engage the base of the rail andthus prevent the abrasive action upon the body of the holder. The spikes7 are so driven as to be presented through the loops of the presentholder while the tie entering portions of the holder are driven into thetie 8 and are thus held more securely in place by the weight of the railthereupon.

It will thus be seen that the present holder will properly encircle thespikes and hold them against outward displacement or any movementrelatively to each other and thus to a great extent, the head of theinner spike will assist the head of the outer spike, or vice versa,where the lateral strain upon the rail is such as to tend to shear thehead.

In the construction of tie holder shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the bodyportion 1' is employed and the loops 2' are bent so that the coils 3thereof are started from above terminating in the tie engaging prongs orpins 4. In this instance, the loop portions are offset or extend inopposite directions as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

In the construction shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the body portion 1 isprovided with the loops 2 at the opposite ends, the center of said loopsbeing alinecl with the body portion and said loops not being offset asshown in Figs. 1 and 4. In this instance, the coil 3 is disposed at oneside of and centrally of each respective loop around the body portion 1,while the terminal or prong 4 is formed to enter the tie as in the otherholders.

What is claimed is: I

1. A spike holder made from a single strand of wire and bent to providetwo spike receiving loops, one at each end thereof, and a tie enteringprong to each loop.

2. A spike holder made from a single strand of wire and bent to providetwo spike receiving loops, one at each end thereof, a tie entering prongto each loop, and two strand of Wire, and having each terminal I coilsone adjacent each loop disposed upon the body of the strand of Wire forinterposition upon the tie and against the base of V the rail to holdthe base of the rail from engagement With the'intervening portion of thestrand of Wire.

3. A spike holder made from a single copies of this patent may beobtained for thereof bent to form a loop, terminating in a coil upon thebody of the strand of Wire, the extreme end of such coil being 'bentdownwardly and sharpened to constitute a tie entering prong.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

W. D. KELLY;

Witnesses: r

FRED NoRTHoUTT, L; B. Tom).

five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents Washington,D. G. v

